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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-05

Tug River and Harbor bill ia among
those thu. Blumber with the dead and de.
r,ylpg bills Of the defunct Congress.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27
"Old maids y
Ten Things a Baby Gan Do.
Mail and Express.

Mail and Express.
1t can beat any alarm clock ever
invented waking a family up III the
morning.
Give it a fair show and it can
smash more dishes than the most
industrious servant girl 10 the cOun.
try.
1t eau fall down ottener aud with
less provOcation than the most ex-
pert tumbler 10 the circus ring.
1t eau make more genuine fuss
over q simple brass pin than its
mother would over a broken back.
1t can choke itself black 10 the
face with greater ease than the
most accomplished wretch that ever
Was executed.
1t eau keep a family in a constant
turmoil from morning till night aud
night till morning without once
varying its tune.
1t eau be relied upon to sleep
peacefully all day when Its father is
down town, and cry persistently at
night when be is particularly sleepy.
1t may be the naughtiest, dirtiest,
ugliest, most trettul baby 10 all the
world, but you eau never make its
mother believe it, and you had bet
ter not try it.
1t can be a charming and model
infant when no one is around, but
when visitors are present it eau ex-
hibit more bad temper than both OF
its parents together.
1t cat brighten up a house better
than all the furniture ever made;
make sweeter music than the finest
orchestra organized fill a larger
place in its parents breasts than
they knew they had, and when it
goes away it eau cause a greater
vacancy aud leaYe a greater blank
than all the rest of the world put
together.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27
Language.

Punch.
You may say that a man is not
welded to the truth; -
Or sometimes suffers from a spirit
of exaggeTatiOn
Or occasionally finds it difficult
to con6ne himself strictly to actual.
tiles;
Or is unfettered by the four corn
ers of hard matter-of-iact;
Or is y past master in the pleas
ing art of realistically rOwancing ;
Or is partial 10 describing nature,
to Borrowing from the pages Of rO-
nance;
Or Is much given to an artificial
recollection of misleading statistics;
Or cannot distinguish the false
from the true with . bias toward
the formers
Or has a distinct liking for the
~utterances OF statements of a mis-
leading character;
But you must nOtl No, You must
notl You really mist nOtl Call
him q liarl
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27
Wade HamptOn's Faith Cure.
St. Paul Globe.

St. Paul Globe.
Wade Hampton is a believer in
faith cnreS, or rather in the efficacy
of prayer. Several years ago, while
hunting in The pine forests of South
Carolina, he WAS thrown from y
mule and barely escaped with bis
life and the loss of one leg. Speak.
ing OF the accident afterwarl. be
said IL was ut the point of death
aud had lost all interest 10 lite,
when | received a letter from an
oil Methodist minister, telling me
of the deep and dpvOut petitions
put up for my restoration to health
by the Methodist Conference, then
in session at Newberry. The letter
closed by begging me to exercise
my will to live in response TO the
SupplicatlOns OF the people OF the
whole State, who we're praying for
me night and day in every house
hold"
"Nhen ] heard the letter e,sad,D
continued Senator Hampton, II
promised my sister that IlEOnld
heed the kind, loving words Of the
man of God, and arouse my will TO
live. That night l fell into n deep
sleep ard dreamed most wildly
that l vas in u spacious room in
which l was moved to all parts OF
the State, so that l met my assem-
bled friends everywhere. I saw
immense assemblages, aud as i
looked down upon them q grave
parsonage approached me and
touched me on the shoulder ana
said to me: 'Livei live liver
81 never realized anything IKE
it before. Il seemed like 4 vision.
| woke the next morning feeling
the life-blOOd creep through ny
veins, and l told my family that
the crisis bad passed and that l
shoIld recover. / am certain that
my life was saved by the ferve1t
prayers of the people Of South
Carolina"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

A Few Of the Things son..
Men Have Done 1e'A

The South hts been hal
enterprises, OF great pith ea mug Of
ment," rather than the nnl.u no.
scribblers. She has made Of
for others TO write ami AN 'stOty
has carved with the sword ~ She
way OF the pen and made paia-
the stronghold OF the AngIo SeIlca
race. The first resOlutions
ing the right OF the colonies sC'sf.
Stree aud independence wera %
duced into u Southern Iae;. .aIfO-
by a Southern man. The s a.
OlutiOns to the same effect les'
presented 10 the Colonial Co., seie
by another Southern man NM
form and consistence, in the sOos
ration of Independence. 0pdss ~
matchless genius OF still sue
Southern man. A Southern mug
led the patriot armies 10 ri.,aAA
and established the possibili,;ss
the prOudest nation on earth VI
A Southern man was prima
or of the convection that F.a-
the Constitution. When tho n"A
eminent had been created its o,aOs
ic Law Wasstll an Unexplained booI a'
a pOnderOns OaTin unskilled hs"Ja
1t was left for the greatest iass,
mind of the age, a Southern t,b;as
Justice, 10 anslyze and stamn Un"a,
it the construction which viii -
accepted DIS long as the COns,,,"
ZION is respected. A Southern NOR
framed the ordinance for the Or1sn
ization and government of the ara,
Northwestern Territory an i1stru'
ment second in importance Only r.
the Constitution of the UnitsS
States. A Southern man was ths
author of the republican theory q,
popular government which prevail.
ed during the sixty years of onp
greatest prosperity, peace and ban.
piness. OF the fifteen Presidents
of the Continental COpgres. 3 vera
from slave States. FrOla 1913 tn
1879, u period OF sixty-iour years.
embracing eleven administration
the slave States furnished eight
Presidents whose terms OF sery,ee
covered 90 years. During the same
time the free States furnished three
Presidents, whose combined terms
covered twelve years. Of twelve
Vice-P Presidents. fonr were from
slave States. Under these eleven
administrations the slave States
Supplied fourteen Secretaries of
State, eleven Secretaries OF War,
SIX Secretaries OF the Treasury, nine
Secretaries of the Navy aud eight
Postmaster Generals. OF IS Prrsi.
dents pro tenn, OF the Senate, 80
were from States. Ot 81 Speakers
of the House 22 were from ihe slave
Stairs. OF 5 Chief Justices, iwO
aud the only two Of great enIinence,
yer from the slave States. OF %
Associate Justices, II were from the
slave States. OF 81 Attorney Gen.
erals, IA were from slave States.
OF lS5 Public Ministers To foreign
countries, 80 were from slaves
States.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

aDo you know sir,S inquired ar
American touFist OF bis companion
while deing E0gland, athe reason
for the fresh, beautiful appearance
Of the English peoplef Their con,
plexiou Is tar superior to oars, or
oar c~ountryman Over the herring
pond"
"well, l know what Professor
Uxley says"
"And what reason does be ad.
vance 2"
"WeIl, Uxley says its all h'owing
to the hold maids"
"Owing to old maids! You sur.
prise me"
"Fact. Uxley figures it out this
way; Now you know the Hiuglish
are very fond OF roast 5eeff1
"But what has that got to do
With old maidsff
go slow. This genuine HfiugIisb
beef is the best aud most nutritious
beet in the world, and it h'Imparts q
q beautiful complexion ?
swell, about old maids p
"Yes; you see the h'exceIlence of
this Hiuglish beef is due h'exelu-
sively 70 red clover. Do you see
the pOlntr
"All bat the old maids. They
are not in sight as Tar as | can see,'
replied the American With a sigh.
"IVhy, don't sect This red Glow
er is h'enriched, sweeiened aud
fructiied By bundle bees.'
"But where do the old maids
come inf' said the Inquisiuve
American wiping bis brow YEARLY.
"Why, it is as plain AS the nose
on your face. The h'Only h'enemy
of the humble bee is the ield.mO0se,
which h'undernines aud robs their
nest"
"But what have roast beef, red
clover, humble bees, aud field mice
got to do with old maids !"
"What. you must be very bob.
fuse. Don't you perceive that tue
bumble.bees would sOon be h'exter.
minated by the field mice If it we're
not fOT-'
"Old maids y
"NO, Ii it we're not for the cats!
and the hold maids of hold Hing
land keep the country thoroughly
up with eats, and so we can
directly trace the Reflect of the
rosy Hinglish complexion to the
cause of H'inglish hold
at least, that's what Uxley
says, and that's just where the hold
maids come hin. Science makes
clear many m, steriOus things my
friend.7
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

ONE FRIEND ONLY.-The time
must come in every life that carries
with it any deusity of meaning,
when revolutionary changes will
drive the soul 10 upon itself. A
thoughtful man who is conscious
of such a deepening significance in
his own life learns to read By
intuition the lives of others. he
cannot walk the streets of a crowd.
ed city without observing ia y mul.
titude of places as they pass a look
which tells of unspoken conflict.
Some are bearing their lot patient.
ly; some are battling with it angri.
lyj a few are triumphIng over it 4:
all are walking in the shadow of 1t.
This one is not like that one. None
can understand fully the trial of an
other. 1t is is no sel6shness in any
that none eau very essentially help
his fellow. Each must bear his own.
Each treads . path in which he ia
the only traveller. We need in such
q life some trend who can and will
save us from the abyss of stoicaI
despair to which uublessed aflictIOu
dooms a mau. There is bot one
such Friend IN the universe.-PrOf
AaetiH Phelps, d. d.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

According to the Critic q man 10.
terrogated the married women Oh
bis acquaintance why they bad en-
tered the matrimonial state. Here
are some Of the answers: "Because
all the fools weren't dead yet
because l bad the chance rbe.
cause I didn't want to be Q bireo
girl; / soon found out though, thai
/ was working for my board ana
clothes" al threatened bin wltla
breach of promise suit II %
wouIdn't.s "Because / wore %
much store hair aud bought ~
complexion be thought l vas z4ia,
stead a." "Becanse Be always So
Twas an angel; now be 4 rays ~
be wishes 1 vas one. 30 see Wno
vas the best man. I've found oa'
Iam.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

Lemon is always good for the
hands; it cleans them as well as
soap, and makes them soft. You
should clean the nails with a brush,
il necessary but il is better to rub
the fingers and nails with the halt
Of a lemon, thrusting the fingers
into IL aud turning until the nails
are perfectly clean. Lemon will
prevent the skin at the root Of the
nails IRON growing upward. The
juice Of half q lemon in a tea-cop OF
strong black coffee, without sugar
viii often cure Of . sick headache.
20 ~ AZ I'M.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

The American Exposition IN Lon
don opened With q boiler ~explosio1.
The show Il determines 70 uats
some noise sveB Il It does NOS tsks
10 any money.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

The study Of chemistry is ueees.
sary TO check the adultsratIOns Of
drinks and food, aud will assist ia
TIE enforcement Of laws as they
may be adopted.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-05-27

Queen Kapialsui, Of Hawaii. il
q only queen Who ever crossed
me threshold Of the White Housa.
and she's q acuiled punson.s
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15

THE January number, 1883 OF Peter
sons Magazine" is at hand tins early III
the month. This opening number Tor the
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the Roses. is a beautiful plate, illustrating
AN interesting story by Frank Lee Benedict.
The other is called "The Young Cricketer,
and will go right to the heart of every boy
who loves game of ball. There is also an
elegant design printed in colors, for q stripe
for q chair etc, ETC., in Berlin-wooi, besides
numerous illustrations of dress and work
table natterns. Miss NJ. G. NcClelland,
who has lately taken front rank among
voung Southern writer's. beginsa a serial IN
her most intense dramatic vein and there
are. besides, a goodly number OF short tales
Inv writers of first-class reputation, ana
noems far above the average of magazine
literature. Between its literary claims, It's
arti,tic excellence, and its thorough reliable
ness os n guide to dress and fashion, Peter
SON" covers wide range; but in no respect
is there ever any failure. We never fall te
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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
The Annual Meeting of the State Gran
gers This Week.

HARRISBURG, December 10.-Colonel
r. III. Thomas, secretary Of the Pennsyl-
vania State Grange. Patrons Of Hus
bandry, was in the city to day making
hotel arrangements for the accommoda-
ton of the delegates who will attend
the annual meeting next week, begin
ming on Tuesday aud ending on the
Friday following. The sessions will be
attended by double the number OF
Grangers that usually participate In
these proceedings and promise to be ex-
ceedingly interesting. The meetings
will nearly all be secret.
On Tuesday evening Worthy Master
Leonard Rhone will deliver his annual
lecture in the hall of the House of Rep.
resentatives, at which time addresses
are also expected from Governor Beaver.
Lippcomb b, Secretary of State of South
Carolina; L. w. Overhlser, Master of
the California State Grange, and Mor-
timer Whitehead, national lecturer of
New Jersey.
The order has made considerable no
merical progress the past year in the
St ate and has given many evidences OF
its usefulness. At the annual meeting
the tariff issue will be discussed, pat
icularly that feature relating to the duty
on wool, W hich the Grangers would
rather have increased than diminished
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
DESPERATE CHICAGO PRIS-
ONERS
4 Plot Discovered TO Release Them
selves From Jail.

CHICAGO, December 10.-The officials
IN the county Jail are in almost frenzy
Of fear and uncertainty over disclosures
regarding the surreplitious possession
of contraband articles by the prison6ts. 8.
The finding of the bombs in Lipkg's
cell has never been traced 10 it's depth.
n either has the person been discovered
who Furnished -ycvaTaF dUscs OF
poison taken by George ERgel. Saturday
last "A calibre revolver and over one
hundred cartridges were found In tie
cell OF Micheal LyReh. who shot aud
KILLED Officer William 5. Halloran in
July last III d last evening IL was learned
that the latter discovery prevented the
carrying oLt OF well definded plot TO
liberate half dozen Of the worst crimi.
mails in the Jail.
Immediately on the finding OF the re.
volver and ammunition by Jailer Folz,
Lynch was taken from his cell and
placed in solitary confinement for over
one hundred hours, manacled 10 the cell
door aud fed on bread and water. All
details have been suppressed by the jail
officials, but it is known that the plan
was to arm Lynch and number Of
other prisoners aud getting them into
the lawyers cage on some pretence,
have them all make combined break
for liberty, shooting down the guards
IL necessary.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
\ Bit of History.

When the weather was warm and seaside
and mountains were alluring retreats, n
certain commission appointed by the last
legislature of Pennsylvania for the purpose
of formulating new revenue bill 10 meet
the eNigences of the times worked itself
nearly IL death, albeit it kept its head cool,
ut the states expense in charming spots
where halmy brecZeS blew.
The public ut that time was lei 10 believe
that the credit and well-heing, aye the very
life OF the state government depended upon
the prompt preparation and Immediate
consideration and adoption OF n new law Ia
regulate the assessment and collection OF
the state revenues.
Bat strange 10 say although there can he
no doubt that perfect beauty of revenue
bill was prepared by this hard working
commission, no such measure seemed ever TO
have reached the hands of the governor.
What has become of il ? Has il been lest
or stolen, or has it strayed away? Echo
answers what ? \ far-away look now
comes into eyes gubernatorial while hands
gubernatorial toy idly with the extra session
pen-at any chance mention of the revenue
bill. Throughout the departments the
measure is now mentioned with bated
breath and not even Niles dare roar il
through the halls Pa tri0t
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
TWO CHILDREN BURNED.
Naphtha That Wol ked
Caused '"'o
AN Explosion.

nEADING, December l0.-The con-
sumers' Gas Company, which furnishes
the entire city with gas, has hear lis
works large tank holding 100, 900 gal
Ions of naphtha oil The tank is buried
partially iu the ground, partially in the
Schuylk i'll river and some time ago
sprung "A leak. Several thousand gal
Ions of oil percolated through the ground
into the cellars of the houses along the
river bank.
The houses nearest it are occupied 10y
BENJAMIN +. Walk. Tonight his chill
dren, Howard aged 9. and Annie. aged
6. went into the cellar with candle FOL
coal, when there was terrible eXploslo n
like an earthquake. The inmates OF al
the h buses were thrown to the floor.
Mr.. Walk was BADLY cut 10y a crash oi
glass. The children were enveloped In
"a sheet of flame. and when rescued their
faces and bodies were frightfully
burned, hair singed off and otherwise
seriously injured. They suffered ex
ceedlng pain, and are now in the hands
| of the doctors.
The house WAS entirely wrecked. The
| furniture was smashed and the house
moved from its foundations. jeremiah
Kern's house next door and other dwell
lings Jared fully as badly. The tank
did not explode.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15

1T stands to reason that you will
find the largest ard best stock of gro
ceries In regular grocery store. And
for that reason j. w. Stover claims to
have the finest line of Fancy Groceries,
such MS canned fruits, cereals and all
varieties OF sugar in town.
THE SAFEST MEDICINE to have IA
bout the house at all times Is Simmons
Liver Regulator. IL will harm no one.
IL will benefit all who may have at
tacks OF Billiousness, Dyspepsia. Head.
ache, Constipation, OF other ailments
resulting from dsordered Liver or
Stomach. Keep 1t always in the house,
and you will have family physician
near who will save you many dollars
and much suffering.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
ADMONISHING BLAINE.
His Ablest Western Organ Rejects His
Monopoly Tariff Views.

CHICAGO, December 9.-The Tribune Gre
publican), this morning commenting edi-
torially on Mr.. Blaine's reply To Mr.. Cleve-
| lands message, says;
MIR. Blaine, MS might have been expected,
has presented high tariff protection from n
partisan point of view, rs an opposition is
sue TO the Presidents view on tariff reduc-
tion. We have a long and apparently very
pleasant winter before MS in which TO dis.
cuss this question, and il is n question which
must he settled upon its merits and not up.
on political considerations. So far there.
| fore, rs Mr.. Blaine seeks 10 make it appear
| rs Il party issue he will fail.
cit IL n sufficient explanation of Mr.,
| Rlaine'S interview that he il An pennsyl-
vanian. He was broughts up in an at-
mosphere Of ultra-protection. He was sat
at the feet of the high tariff Gamaliels of
that State and imbibed their doctrines
Like all Pennsylvanians, Republicans or
Democrats, he believes in enormous duties
on imports for the purpose of coddling the
mill bosses and protecting the so-called in
fant industries, which long ago came of age
and ought to be able 10 30 alone. Every
Pennsylvania believes that the productive
system promotes his interests and that in
promoting his interests il enhances the gem
eral good of the Republic,
at is almost needless 10 say that Mr..
Blaine, as we'll aS other PENNSYLVANIA Re
puhlicauS, in taking this position makes mo
accounts of the precedentS of 1857, Of 1882
81 or of the platform of 1881, which explicitly
declares The Republican party pledges
itself To correct the irregularities of the tariff
and 10 reduce the surplus They even :
fought the small reduction of 1881. The
Blaine interview will have 10 stand upon
its merlfse and it will be indorSed or CON
demued in accordance with the value of tie,
arguments set forth, and the public judge
ment will not he influenced by the diStiu-
guiShed name behind them.
"lt is the weakest ground Mr.. Blaine has
ever vet occupied and no national party can
expect 10 20 into n Presidential campaign ON
that issue, no matter who may be its leader
and win. 1t is in position Of direct hos
tility 10 the report of the Tariff Commission
and 10 the Republican platform of 1854. Up
ON this question, therefore, we beg leave To
differ from Mr.. Blaine, rs he differs from
us.
Freely acknowledging his right 10 his
own belief as a Republican, we claim the
same right "a such and are free 10 state our
belief that in leading the cohorts of the
tenants, Randall, Kelley, Cameron and Me
Phcrson, he will find that Pennsylvania il
but one State and that thore is "A large army
outside of its borders who do not propose 10
be velied upon any longer for its benefit.
''rhe surplus question must he settled in
some way and in different way from what
il has been settled. Ii cannot be settled In
accordance with the Blaine idea
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
HALLS
500 REWARD. 800.

The readers of the MILLHEIM Jour
NAL will be pleased TO learn that
there IL ut least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In oil
its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fra,ernity
Catarrh being u constitutional disease
requires constitutional treatment.
llall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
Gus surfaces of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation OF the disease
aud giving athe patient strength, by
building up the constitution and assist
lug nature IN doing les work. The Pro-
prie,ors have so much faith In Its cura-
tive powers that they offer one hundred
dollars, for any case IL fails TO cure
Send for list of testimonials. Address,
f, j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
a. Sold by Druggists, rs Cts.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-12-15
River Miners TO Get an Advance.

P1TTsBURG, December 10.-The meet
ing of liver coal operators to consider
the demands of their miners for an ad-
vance il wages which was to have been
held in this city to-day did not take
place, only limited number of opera
tors putting in an appearance. These
present, however. intimate that the &C.
vance would be granted as soon as there
was a rise in the rivers sufficient to
ship the present large stock of coal t.
the Southern markets. When the river
mines are running full about six thous
and men are employed.